Wednesday 13 December 2017

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

When people think of the Vatican Museums, minds turn to Michelangelo and Raphael. But a new book celebrates the prominent place of Indigenous Australian art and culture on display at the much-visited attraction.

Thursday 7 December 2017

Media and Communications Office

As Shirley Valentine once remarked, cynically, ‘marriage is like the Middle East. There’s no solution.’

But that doesn’t stop committed Catholics from trying to find one, at least for the Middle East. On two evenings in Melbourne parishes this week (Tuesday night in Dandenong North and Wednesday night in Thornbury), Benjamin Blanchard unfolded some of the recent history of both Iraq and Syria, along with a fervent plea for help and for action by Australians in particular, and the Western world in general.

Monday 11 December 2017

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

About 15,000 people gathered in Sydney’s Domain tonight for the final Mass of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The outdoor Mass in the heart of Sydney was the biggest Catholic Mass held in Australia since World Youth Day in 2008.